Learn about UNHCR’s work in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, including refugee and displacement data and contact details for our local office.

When Ireland was added in 1801 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was created, and when the Irish Free State seceded in 1922, Northern Ireland stayed with Great Britain in the United ...

All paragraph cites are to United Nations Human Rights Council, ‘Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, A/HRC/36/9 ...

The 2025 Eritrean Community Festival in the United Kingdom was colorfully conducted on 12 and 13 July in London under the ...

Good Morning Britain host Richard Medley has described Northern Ireland as "close to being a basket case" during an interview ...

According to a study last year by CEBR, an economic consultancy, Northern Ireland enjoys a net subsidy of 29.4% of its GDP each year from Britain, resulting in a better welfare state than in the ...

1801 - United Kingdom formed by union of the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. 1815 - Role in defeating Napoleon's French Empire leads to Britain becoming pre-eminent imperial power.

There are currently, in 2022, 231,597 refugees under UNHCR’s mandate in the United Kingdom, as well as 127,421 pending asylum seeker cases and 5483 stateless persons. The UNHCR office in the UK works ...

gbr - united kingdom • united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland • IDENTITY CARD ISSUED UNDER ARRANGEMENTS REGARDING COLLECTIVE PASSPORTS GBR-AY-01001 ...

Thus, the minister of defence, Angel Tilvar, and the secretary of defence of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, John Healey, on Wednesday signed a defence cooperation agreement, ...

The Committee noted with satisfaction the model plan drawn up for the City of Bath. The World Heritage Centre was asked to write to the authorities in the United Kingdom to this effect. * : The ...